A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, September 2 (game #814).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #815) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- WED
- NES
- DAY
- DAWN
- FLOWER
- BOND
- GENESIS
- ALF
- MTV
- FLY
- FUSE
- START
- COMBINE
- POLE
- BIRTH
- VHS
NYT Connections today (game #815) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The first moment
- GREEN: Stick together
- BLUE: Acronyms from the same decade
- PURPLE: A month in common
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #815) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BEGINNING
- GREEN: JOIN
- BLUE: TV-RELATED ABBREVIATIONS IN THE '80S
- PURPLE: MAY __
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #815) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #815, are…
- YELLOW: BEGINNING BIRTH, DAWN, GENESIS, START
- GREEN: JOIN BOND, COMBINE, FUSE, WED
- BLUE: TV-RELATED ABBREVIATIONS IN THE '80S ALF, MTV, NES, VHS
- PURPLE: MAY __DAY, FLOWER, FLY, POLE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Wednesday is probably the most searched for day of the week at the moment, thanks to the excellent Netflix TV show of the same name. Here, Connections tried to get in on the hump day action with its cunning WED, NES, and DAY tiles.
Fortunately, as someone who was consuming TV in the 1980s, I immediately saw the TV-RELATED ABBREVIATIONS IN THE ‘80s – although I did have to Google VHS to remember that it was an acronym for video home system.
Meanwhile, wisecracking visitor from outer space ALF is an acronym of alien life form, NES is short for Nintendo Entertainment System and MTV stands for Music Television.
Thankfully, after navigating this ride down Memory Lane the other three groups were relatively easy.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, September 2, game #814)
- YELLOW: CURSES EXPLETIVES, FOUR-LETTER WORDS, PROFANITY, SWEARING
- GREEN: IN "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS" CHRISTMAS, HOUSE, MOUSE, STIRRING
- BLUE: WORN BY EARRING MAGIC KEN EARRING, MESH SHIRT, NECKLACE, PLEATHER VEST
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS HERRING, HISTAMINE, MYSTERY, OUROBOROS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
